Spudman
Luke Skyrawker
And now we are flying again.
We broke in a new bass player this weekend. He did a great job considering that he had about 3 days to learn 45 songs, and work a high stress administrative job in a hospital, deal with the wife and kids and a psychotic German shepherd. :applause
We played a local bar that I have us booked in about every 4 weeks. The crowd was steady but not robust both nights. Turns out it's in between pay days and people weren't out spending. Still, we kept the folks entertained that were there. I also got 3 potential gigs from the weekend. Two are with the local motorcycle club and one is from a new club opening soon. :AOK
The best compliment came from the bartender and manager. She said she likes us because we don't play the same stuff everyone else plays. That's what I wanted to hear. I get tired of bands always doing the same old stuff too and I'm attempting to carve a niche for ourselves as being something different. The owner's wife stayed almost the whole night too dancing and boogieing in her seat to the music.
The drummer had a set of mini strokes on New Years weekend. He didn't know what happened until we got back home from the New Years gig either. I've been worried that he's going to expire or have to be rushed to the hospital during gigs so I have the rhythm section from the country band I fill in with on standby. He's off to Salt Lake City for some testing at the VA hospital next week and if he is feeling good enough will be playing next weekend. If not I'll use the other guys.
Either way I have my butt covered. See kids, this is some of the joys of being the leader of a band. And yes...I still have some hair left. (don't say a word SVL)
We broke in a new bass player this weekend. He did a great job considering that he had about 3 days to learn 45 songs, and work a high stress administrative job in a hospital, deal with the wife and kids and a psychotic German shepherd. :applause
We played a local bar that I have us booked in about every 4 weeks. The crowd was steady but not robust both nights. Turns out it's in between pay days and people weren't out spending. Still, we kept the folks entertained that were there. I also got 3 potential gigs from the weekend. Two are with the local motorcycle club and one is from a new club opening soon. :AOK
The best compliment came from the bartender and manager. She said she likes us because we don't play the same stuff everyone else plays. That's what I wanted to hear. I get tired of bands always doing the same old stuff too and I'm attempting to carve a niche for ourselves as being something different. The owner's wife stayed almost the whole night too dancing and boogieing in her seat to the music.
The drummer had a set of mini strokes on New Years weekend. He didn't know what happened until we got back home from the New Years gig either. I've been worried that he's going to expire or have to be rushed to the hospital during gigs so I have the rhythm section from the country band I fill in with on standby. He's off to Salt Lake City for some testing at the VA hospital next week and if he is feeling good enough will be playing next weekend. If not I'll use the other guys.
Either way I have my butt covered. See kids, this is some of the joys of being the leader of a band. And yes...I still have some hair left. (don't say a word SVL)
